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Blarneyeggs said:
So I'm a bit heart broken as the eggs I was counting on for the NYD are not going to work out. I dropped the ball. I look forward to this hatch so much, helps de~stress the holidays. I was already in a crappy mood. The eggs I had lined up are really what I needed and counted on for breeding forward.

Thanksgiving with the in~laws can be so overwhelming, I leave there feeling like a punching bag, the amount of disrespect that is displayed toward me, my children, husband and to each other….never ceases to shock and amaze me.

I'm thinking hard on some advice given to me by a dear friend which was…'If you wanna be offended……go ahead.' So I'm trying hard to choose NOT to be offended, to shrug my shoulders and think 'people are odd' and move along.

AND YES! I shopped yesterday. We stuck through Thanksgiving Dinner, had dessert, helped clean up and said our good byes. We were home before 6 so….why not?
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Sorry about the hatching eggs....and relatives can be a PIA....I've found it useful to push back and not worry if somebody takes offense(yeah, its the delco in me)...if nothing else, they will usually measure what they say to you more carefully....
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Awww sorry your eggs aren't working out.
This is my first time on BYC for new years. I was seriously thinking about trying to figure out some hatching eggs myself and borrowing my Aunt's incubator. (hoping Santa will bring me one for Christmas too!)
But I don't really have the room this year. Should probably wait till next year and I'll have things in order a bit better.

As for relatives, yeah, they can be a real pain. I've got a Brother-In-Law in particular who went totally off the deep end this past year. I and quite a few other "normal" relatives are quite relieved actually. We no longer have to pretend and bite our tongues and "play nice" with someone we all agree is a total ******* from the depths of HELL. He won't even look at any of us any more let alone be stupid enough to show his face at our homes, shame for my sis as she's sorta stuck in the middle. But, hey, she married him not me.

Everybody was working all around Thanksgiving this year so da Hubby and I, kids, and Mom and her boyfriend went up to Genetti's in Hazleton yesterday for dinner. Was really nice, no stress, no mess. Everybody got to dress up and go out. And it relieved us of the awkwardness of having to invite anybody or not with the tension with the Brother-In-Law.
Only problem is we're all missing the leftovers. So this Sunday I am doing a big dinner at home with the works and inviting my brother and his family. It's not "technically" Thanksgiving so I don't have to feel bad not inviting the sister and trying to figure out how to politely tell her to leave the ******* she married at home. I'm calling it an Opening Day of Rifle Season celebration. Sis won't be interested in that anyway since they don't hunt.

Ain't family grand? XD
 
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Blarneyeggs said:
Thanksgiving with the in~laws can be so overwhelming, I leave there feeling like a punching bag, the amount of disrespect that is displayed toward me, my children, husband and to each other….never ceases to shock and amaze me.

I'm thinking hard on some advice given to me by a dear friend which was…'If you wanna be offended……go ahead.' So I'm trying hard to choose NOT to be offended, to shrug my shoulders and think 'people are odd' and move along.
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I know where you're coming from! My in laws are very rude. They are very overbearing and feel entitled. I avoid them like the plague.


I'm sorry you didn't get the eggs you wanted, but glad you ended up finding some!
 
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Blarneyeggs said:
Ok, decided to put on my 'big girl pants', quit whining and try to work on my egg dilemma...I may have scored some eggs!! Sooooo excited!
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Blarneyeggs said:
So I'm a bit heart broken as the eggs I was counting on for the NYD are not going to work out. I dropped the ball. I look forward to this hatch so much, helps de~stress the holidays. I was already in a crappy mood. The eggs I had lined up are really what I needed and counted on for breeding forward.

Thanksgiving with the in~laws can be so overwhelming, I leave there feeling like a punching bag, the amount of disrespect that is displayed toward me, my children, husband and to each other….never ceases to shock and amaze me.

I'm thinking hard on some advice given to me by a dear friend which was…'If you wanna be offended……go ahead.' So I'm trying hard to choose NOT to be offended, to shrug my shoulders and think 'people are odd' and move along.

AND YES! I shopped yesterday. We stuck through Thanksgiving Dinner, had dessert, helped clean up and said our good byes. We were home before 6 so….why not?
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You are the bigger person by ignoring them and they won't get as much satisfaction from their little digs at you if you don't react. HOWEVER, having said that, if and when your DS and DD start realizing that the relatives are being mean to them, all bets are off. Picking on children and possibly effecting their self-esteem is NOT acceptable in my world. IN FACT, if you need some back-up, I will be more than happy to attend the next family get-together as your kids adopted auntie and have at them. Of course, when I get that mad, all bets are off on whether or not I will be able to do so politely.
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we are thinking of adding this to our processing supplies..
right now I have a table with a piece of formica counter top on, which I cover with a trash bag each time, then I just spray it down with a bleach mixture when done....but this would be alot better since I would have running water instead of dipping buckets......

Ray you have seen and used the equipment, what you think of adding this...

home depot would be local and has the same thing for 20 more, not thrilled about shipping something like this so the extra may be worth it.
 

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